Graham Cooper

Articles by Graham Cooper

  • Could green bonds revitalise the CDM?

    03 June 2016

    Plans are being developed to use the green bond market to breathe new life into the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a UN tool to channel climate finance to developing countries.

  • GRI releases second set of draft reporting standards

    03 June 2016

    The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) has released its second set of draft reporting standards for public comment.

  • Maryland plans $322m green bond for light rail project

    03 June 2016

    Maryland has joined the growing list of US states that have issued green bonds, with plans for a $322,055,000 green bond to finance a light rail project.

  • Washington State revisits emissions trading plans

    02 June 2016

    Washington State has published a revised version of its plans to launch a state-wide carbon market and is seeking feedback on the proposals by 22 July.

  • NIB returns to green bond market with 'benchmark' issue

    02 June 2016

    The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) is to return to the green bond market with a €500 million ($561 million) issue in the next few days, Jens Hellerup, head of funding at the Helsinki-based bank, told Environmental Finance.

  • Green bond market needs more flexible reporting, says BNP analyst

    01 June 2016

    Reporting on green bonds is often weighted too heavily to their environmental impact and should be more flexible, according to Felipe Gordillo, senior socially responsible investment analyst at BNP Paribas Investment Partners.

  • US municipalities launch $800m of green bonds for water projects

    01 June 2016

    Three US municipalities have announced issues of green bonds totalling almost $800 million to finance projects to deliver clean drinking water or treat wastewater.

  • London's 'super sewer' seeks up to £400m from bond sale

    31 May 2016

    Bazalgette Tunnel, the company managing construction and financing of a 25km new sewer under the river Thames in London, aims to raise between £200 million and £400 million ($293 million - $586 million) from a sale of bonds.

  • US biofuels group plans to raise up to $152m from convertible notes

    31 May 2016

    US biofuels company Renewable Energy Group (REG) aims to raise $132 million from the sale of convertible notes to institutional investors via a private placement. An option to purchase a further $20 million of the notes will also be offered to the same investors.

  • Aquila offers securitisation exposure to European renewables fund

    26 May 2016

    Bond investors are being offered access to Aquila Capital's latest renewable energy fund via a securitisation issue.